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lol @ your tarry protection Steff ^^
I find I get a weird metallic taste in my mouth after commuting on days when the traffic is particularly bad, but I have no idead if it's really pollutants I can taste.
I did read somewhere that sitting in a car in traffic is just as bad for your lungs, but I think the fact cycling makes you breath more deeply probably sucks the poisons in deeper.
My asthma caught up with me last year, after nearly 20 years of no problems. It was an A&E job. Interestingly, the hospital and my GP both agreed with my theory that my total lack of fitness at the time was mainly to blame.
I've now got one of those lung capacity meters which is interesting to use before and after riding - even after a commute through central London I tend to have better capacity than at the start.